Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-23

ment-ln eacn particular instance QlrecLS.
Unconsciously to themselves the rules
and ideas of "the modern scientific game"
have crept into their play, ard we find
them discussing "leading from ten ace"
or returning the trump Lead" pleading
king, then ace" or "the nine when
king and jsck are held" with
as much interest and excitement as
they showed five minutes before
in declaring they did not play book
game; never took the trouble to look up
a rule; knew nothing, or cared to, of
either Pole or Cavendish, played their
hands according to good sense. All, good,
kind, sensible friends, when you studied
law, theology'o or medicine, you did not
object to savail yourself of what Kent,
Butler or Mitchell had learned by expert
ence-and this is all the authorities on
m dern whist claim TO tell you.
1t is curious how evenly the cards run.
A party of four gentlemen-all fine
players-have lately played 1000 games
with q difference of less than fifty points
in their scores. Is this a "pro" on the
side of the argument that it is the manner
of playing the cards, not the luck in
holding them, which tells?
Speaking CT Vassar and VasSar girls,
Sunday spent there with some girl
friends, and the kindly efforts of many
student to show off the college aud co..
lege life in it's best light. Not much of
study and work did we see in the pleasant
forty-eight hours there passed. Though,
by special pleading and permission, two
of US were allowed TO attend the
class in logic Monday morning, con-
Quoted by the favorite professor
And not very different did we find Vas
sar's teacher and Vassar's scholars from
any other class of American girls. As
Womanly sweet, as wcmanly bright, and
as womanly neat were these curly heads
and laughing eyes, and no undue liking
for masculine ways nor buckwheat cakes
did we find it possible to discover.
But l am disclosing no opinions
and telling no tales, only If the
efforts made to entertain US. Having ar
rived at midday on Saturday, we were
taken q pleasant drive about POUCH
keepsie and out to the college, where each
OF US was assigned to two especial enter
tainers, one for Saturday and one for
Sunday night. 1t being a rule that DO
pupil is allowed TO entertain a guest in
the college for more than one night and
two or three meals-and, as fate would
have it, the neat little guest room in the
gardeners cottage was engaged
for some other body's 1riends-we
were taken to the class parlor to
be introduced and divided around.
What memories cling about that class
psrIOr to those girls now scattered
throughout the land. A pretty room
hung with beautiful draperies, adorned
with fine pictures, furnished as beauti-
fully as the large allowances of many Of
the class and the good taste of the well
chosen furnishing committee" dictated.
How many girllsh sanCtum-sanCtOrums
have been despOiled, the Lares and Pc
mates ruthlessly torn down TO be en-
shTined anew in such claSs-rcOms!
At VasSar it is the habit for three or
four students 10 share q suite of several
rooms, each girl having her own bed
room, and all join in making q common
sitting-rOOm attractive and pretty. At
O'Clock, alter seeing the college, grounds,
etc, we were shown into one of the pref
TEST Of these sittingrOOms, where in gorge
Gus array was stretched long
dining table Oet no whisper
tell of how many library tables, pillaged
from rooms about, make up the imposing
whole beautifully decorated with flow
ers lnnumerable, at which board we were
served with so dainty luncheon that it
might have been tanCied the effort of
Gordon bleu," while the attendants
themselves, quiet, well-trained servants
though they seemed, in dainty caps and
aprons, were volunteers FROM among the
younger pupils.
The menu cards were the great
specially Of the event, being the work of
some Of the art students. Very beau
tiful they were, and to each was appended
tiny scroll, tied about with a blue
ribbon, on which was an original couplet
dedicated to each guest. Let me here
here give q specimen disclosed upon
unrolling one of the scrolls: of this be
l, pray where l can l be? At a Vissar
spread, Mrs. Robert B"
With tOasts and jokes and merry smiles,
not "quips and pranks and wanton wiles,"
we passed away several hours, until it
was time to adjourn to the theater, where
was enacted most wonderfully original
conception of "Blue Beard" One
of the prettiest brown eyed girls
in the college assumed the awful role
of the blood thirsty wife killer. 1t
was all cleverly done, including the design
of the programmes, in the form Of d great
key much besmeared with gore. The
faculty were the honored guests of the
occasion, and enjoyed the performance
exceedingly. After it was over, on their
invitation, we adjourned to the class
rooms to dance for an hour, where had
the pleasure of waltz with old Blue
Beard himself.
On Sunday we attended services in the
chapel, dined with the 500 girls, many of
whom called on US in the afternoon, and
Monday morning LETT our friends to set
tie down to their studies again, with wits
sill the more attuned to work Tor having a
bit of pleasuring.
Apropos of plays and players, amateur
and professional, l was quite surprised
on going into the thester the other night !
to see Marion Mlnola and Carl Irving in
one of the boxes. Since they severed |
their connection with Aronsou it has been /
supposed they had retired to private life, |
but they have Just accepted an
engagement with McCaull, and will |
open In Washington in about two weeks,
singing "Ruddygore," "Falka," Don !
Caesar" and one or two other light !
operas. It WAS in "Falka" that they |
made their great success in England.
Miss Minola is beautiful Young woman,